Service difficulty report · Engine · Piper PA23250

Difficulty date
June 17, 2014
Submitted
July 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14028
Make and model
Piper PA23250
Aircraft serial
274689
Aircraft time
6,480 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540C4B5
Engine time
5,556 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HC82XG2
Part
Engine
Part number
IO540C4B5
Part serial
RL1194748
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Right
Part time
5,556 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, Y
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

WHILE CONDUCTING CHECK RIDE AND FINISHED INSTRUMENT APPROACHES TO PSM AS PART OF PART 135 CHECK RIDE. AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SHAKE. OBSERVED RT ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED. RT PROPELLER HAD FEATHERED ITSELF. INITIATED PROCEDURES TO SECURE THE ENGINE AND CUT OFF THE FUEL SUPPLY. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT PSM. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE. ON INITIAL INSPECTION, ENGINE APPEARED TO HAVE SEIZED. ON LATER INSPECTION, OIL CONTAINED NONFERROUS METAL PARTICLES.

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